[뉴스] Russian military jet makes series of rare flights to North Korea from Far East
Ilyushin Il-62M flies to capital from Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, where Kim Jong Un previously toured fighter jet plant
[뉴스] ‘A return to the cold war’: Putin and Kim have joined forces as global delinquents
A quarter of a century ago, Vladimir Putin flew to Pyongyang to sign a “friendship treaty” with Kim Jong-il that helped revive Russia’s relations with North Korea without obliging the two sides to come to each other’s aid in case of a military attack.
[뉴스] Friday Briefing: Will North Korea Attack?
Watching North Korea for signs of lethal military action
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, could take some form of lethal military action against South Korea in the coming months after having shifted his policy to one of open hostility, U.S. officials say.
[뉴스] North Korea claims another successful test of its hypersonic glide missile tech
...claimed to have again tested a missile that could become one of the world’s fastest and most accurate weapons – with the potential to ultimately be fitted with a nuclear warhead.
Kim Jong Un’s regime successfully tested a hypersonic glide vehicle that was fired aloft using solid-fueled engines on Sunday, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said, marking the fourth such...
[뉴스] North Korea will no longer pursue reconciliation with South because of hostility, Kim Jong Un says
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would no longer pursue reconciliation with South Korea and called for rewriting the North’s constitution to eliminate the idea of shared statehood between the war-divided...
[학술논문] 북한 협상모델 분석을 통한 경제협력 실천방안 연구-남북 군사협상 및 개성공단 실무회담 사례를 중심으로-
...Korea’s military negotiations with the South Korea in the Kim Jong-il era on the overall basis. In particular, the research tries to prove that the behaviors of military negotiations under Kim Jeong-il regime were made in the frame of the negotiation model by analyzing many negotiations presented in ‘With Century’, Kim Il Sung's Memoirs under his anti-Japan-guerilla era and suggesting...
[학술논문] Kim Jong Un’s First 500 Days: Consolidating Power and Clearing Political Space for National Revival
...North Korea since Kim Jong Un assumed power after Kim Jong Il’s death on December 17, 2011. The first part addresses three fundamental questions: who really governs the country, how stable is the current North Korean regime, and what lies over the horizon for the leadership transition? Part two analyzes key dynamics within the Kim family, including the rising influence of Kim Jong Un’s uncle...
[학술논문] The North Korean Patrimonial Elite
...to these individuals as the “patrimonial elite,” a group whose recruitment and promotion within the party and the government have been greatly influenced by their personal ties to the Kim Il-sung family. This paper examines the North Korean patrimonial elite by focusing on the political context in which they have achieved their status as well as on their development and characteristics...
[학술논문] The Revival of Russia’s Role on the Korean Peninsula
The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in 2011 presents Russian president Vladimir Putin with an opportunity to regain influence on the Korean peninsula. Over the long term, Russia may reemerge as a great power in the Asia Pacific region in line with Russian geostrategic interests. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has been marginalized on major issues in Northeast Asia. The prospect...
[학술논문] An Analysis of Political Instability in the DPRK: Identity, Interest, and Leader-Elite Relations
...composition, rent-seeking behaviors and opportunity cost of choosing alternative options. Findings of this study reveal many paradoxes in North Korea and suggest that North Korean elites’ support for the Kim Jong Un regime depends on the young new leader’s ability to retain the mechanism of providing benefits to the elites and increasing the opportunity cost of elites’ defection.